Week 11/2-11/6

Welcome to a new quarter!! We are going to continue to review the Six Reading Strategies as we continue the class novel, The Darkside of Nowhere. We will also be concentrating on understanding and effectively using the different text types, informational, functional, and literary. Our main focus this quarter will be reading and using newspapers, magazines, and on-line publications for functional use. Here is the run-down for this week:

Mon. 11/2: New seating chart, 2nd quarter hand-outs, library visit for book return and check-out

Tues. 11/3: Continue reading class novel, work on white strategy book.

Wed. 11/4: Continue reading class novel, work on white strategy book.

Thur. 11/5: Continue reading class novel, work on white strategy book.

Fri. Review Text types, class novel discussion

If students are absent, they are responsible to come in on their own time and read the chapters that they missed. Unfortunately, I do not have enough of the novels to check them out. Have a great week!!!

Weeks 10/19-10/23 and 10/26-10/29

Hello Folks! Here is the schedule and assigment expectations for the last two weeks of first quarter. If a student is absent on any of the following days, he or she will need to see Mrs. Anderson for make-up work.

Mon. 10/19: Continue reading class novel (The Dark Side of Nowhere); review Reading Strategies.

Tues 10/20: Continue reading class novel (The Dark Side of Nowhere); review Reading Strategies.

Wed. 10/21: Work on Memory Strings.

Thurs. 10/22: Continue reading class novel (The Dark Side of Nowhere); review Reading Strategies.

Fri. 10/23: Continue reading class novel (The Dark Side of Nowhere); review Reading Strategies.

Mon. 10/26: Continue reading class novel (The Dark Side of Nowhere); review Reading Strategies.

Tues. 10/27: Work on Memory Strings/Memory String Pass off for 1st Quarter

Wed. 10/28: Work on Memory Strings/Memory String Pass off for 1st Quarter

Thur. 10/29: Continue reading class novel (The Dark Side of Nowhere); review Reading Strategies.

Have a great couple of weeks! I love my students!

Mrs. Anderson

Week 10/12-10/16

Hello All!!
This week we will be continuing to read our class novel, The Dark Side of Nowhere. As we read we will be practicing the six reading strategies we have been learning. We will do this by creating a foldable book that students will be able to write in and show their knowledge of the strategies. WE will also be working on the Student Brochure Project. This was suppose to have been completed last week, but do to scheduling changes in the computer lab, we will be finishing those this week. Here is this weeks schedule:

Mon 10/12: Work on Student Brochure Project; No Homework
Tues 10/13: Finish and share Student Brochure Projects; Read class novel; No homework
Wed 10/14: Read Class Novel; discuss Reading Strategies, No homework
Thur 10/15: Read Class Novel; discuss Reading Strategies, No homework
Fri 10/16: Work on Memory Strings, no homework

Have a terrific week!!
Mrs. Anderson